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(3) Special Income: Pathway for new applicants with income above the Community Medicaid limit (up to three hundred percent (300%) of the SSI benefit rate) and adults with disabilities in the IHCC medically needy group who are seeking care in a health institution such as a hospital or nursing facility. (4) HCBS: Reserved for persons seeking Medicaid LTSS in the HCBS setting who would, absent these services, have the "high" or "highest" need for an institutional level of care. Generally, these are new applicants for Medicaid. (5) Medically Needy: Countable income must be below the average cost of care in the applicable institutional setting, as set forth in Part 40-05-2 of this Title. Special income deductions also apply. c. Determination Process. The principal distinction in the determination process aside from the difference in eligibility criteria is the method for evaluating income – MAGI v. SSI – as indicated below: (1) New Applicants for Medicaid – When applying for Medicaid LTSS, all new applicants who are under age sixty-five (65) and are neither enrolled in or eligible for Medicare are evaluated first to determine whether eligibility using the MAGI method for the MACC group for adults exists. Transfer of asset requirements are applied and an applicant must provide any information about liquid resources and real property necessary to complete that step in the eligibility process. If a new applicant under age sixty-five (65) is found ineligible for the MAGI-based MACC group coverage, or is requesting retroactive coverage, the SSI method is used to determine financial eligibility and all steps in the LTSS determination process, including PETI apply. (2) Current Medicaid Beneficiaries – Current Medicaid beneficiaries who are seeking LTSS remain within the eligibility category that serves as the basis for their existing eligibility and are only referred as appropriate if LTSS eligibility in this category would be denied due to the supplemental information provided when seeking LTSS. Adults with disabilities who are receiving non-LTSS Community Medicaid under Chapter 40 of this Title are referred for a determination of clinical/functional eligibility, in the same manner as those who are SSI-eligible, while the required financial eligibility factors unique to LTSS are